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Drug Facts

  • Bath Salts attributed to approximately 22,000 ER visits in 2011.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Over 210,000,000 opioids are prescribed by pharmaceutical companies a year.
  • Ketamine hydrochloride, or 'K,' is a powerful anesthetic designed for use during operations and medical procedures.
  • About 72% of all cases reported to poison centers for substance use were calls from people's homes.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • 93% of the world's opium supply came from Afghanistan.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • Marijuana is actually dangerous, impacting the mind by causing memory loss and reducing ability.
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.

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